Gil Rivière Wekstein writes for the French blog Agriculture and Environnement. He is also a member of the Association Française des Journalistes Agricoles (French Farming Journalists’ Association). We talked to
In a letter to the European Commission, six EU member states reiterated their “concerns” about the risks of the use of glyphosate. Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans and EU health chief
Brussels will make the case for financial compensation to a World Trade Organisation arbitration panel after the trade regulator ruled the bacon ban was politically motivated and therefore illegal. Heightened
Britain will leave the CAP when it leaves the EU in March 2019, but is planning on a five-year transition period starting in 2019. Michael Gove, UK Secretary of
The European Commission wants to give national governments more flexibility in how they implement the EU’s common agriculture policy – a solution France strongly opposes. Late November, the European Commission
The European Commission regulators are looking “very carefully” at the competition issues in the combination of Bayer and Monsanto. They stated they wanted to make sure farmers still have choice
Italian chef Massimo Bottura plans to open two new restaurants serving free food made from supermarket scraps. Just like his first similar experiment in Milan, they will be accessible only
The European Commission says it will establish a legal definition of ‘vegan’ and ‘vegetarian’ food in Europe by the end of 2019. The number of vegans and vegetarians is steadily
After a record-breaking 47 hours of debate the Agriculture and Fisheries Council raises the number of fish stocks managed at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) to 53 – 9 more than
The European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism says more food and biomass can be obtained from the oceans. Micro sea creatures and underwater plants may be a key element to tackle